10 Promising Video Games You Didn't Know Were Coming In 2016

7. Yooka-Laylee (PC, PS4, XBO, Wii U)

Banjo-Kazooie was never the same after it left the N64. Rare was bought out by Microsoft, who failed to make the most of the developer's talents - as evidenced by the fact that the best post-N64 Rare game was the perfectly average Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts. The Kickstarted 3D platformer Yooka-Laylee promises to be far more of a spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie than Nuts and Bolts ever was. It's being developed by Playtonic Games, which is made up of several members of the N64 Rare team - including three of the designers, and the great composer of Rare's N64 games, Grant Kirkhope. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB8hOIG0LaQ The game sees you control Yooka, a chameleon with a bat called Laylee sitting atop his head (you can see where this is going). The pair have a Banjo-esque set of abilities, which include rolling, jumping, punch, and of course flying thanks to the small but deceptively powerful wings of Laylee. They also have new abilities unique to their respective animals, such as tongue-licking and sonic sound attacks. Players will traverse pretty 3D worlds, tackling platforms, solving puzzles, and collecting 'Pagies', used to unlock access to new worlds. Could this finally be the new Rare platformer we've been waiting for?